VILNIUS - A unique
sculpture is almost finished at Europos Parkas (Park of Europe ), an open-air
sculpture museum near Vilnius. Gintaras Karosas, director of the museum, has
created the largest sculpture in Lithuania.

This monumental
sculpture is composed of more than 3,000 old television sets. They are mostly
Lithuanian, of the brands Tauras and Silelis, along with some Russian
televisions and some Philips sets as well. People from various Lithuanian towns
donated them after an appeal from Europos Parkas was broadcast on national
television. Europos Parkas is 19 kilometers from the center of Vilnius on
Verkiai Road.

"We started building
the sculpture in summer. Nine workers assist me. It is sort of a symbolic burial
of communism. During Soviet times, these TV sets were receiving the Kremlin's
absurd propaganda," Karosas said.

The composition,
which Karosas calls simply "sculpture," occupies one hectare. It is in the form
of a labyrinth. The total weight of the composition is 150 metric tons. It has
the shape of a tree when viewed from a plane. A statue of Lenin lies in the
middle of the labyrinth.

"This sculpture
stood in the town of Jurbarkas in Soviet times. It is typical of Soviet
sculptures of Lenin," said Karosas. He added that the giant sculpture is almost
finished. The official unveiling will be held, this November.

"Finishing touches
are being made. We are allowing adult visitors to enter the labyrinth. Its total
length is 700 meters. It is even possible to get lost in it. We don't allow
children in yet because work is still going on - we need to fix a couple hundred
more TV sets in the sculpture. It's a unique sculpture. I did some research -
nothing like this exists in any other country," Karosas said.

"I think, this
sculpture might be registered in the Book of Lithuanian Records," said Vytautas
Navaitis, head of agency Factum' which registers various strange records.

Only groups of
school children are banned to come in the labyrinth at the moment while some
work is still going on, Children can come in with their parents. One father
pointed to a sculpture of the communist idol that read, "Lenin."